AVCA Honors Men's Volleyball for Academics

Aug 07, 2013

The men's volleyball team earned its second straight AVCA Team Academic Award (Gil Talbot).

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – For the fourth time in five years the Harvard men's volleyball team has been honored for its academic excellence with the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award for 2012-13.

Overall, 622 men's and women's teams from high schools and colleges across the nation earned the award, which surpasses last year's total of 536 for a new all-time high for the award. The Crimson is one of only five men's collegiate teams in all divisions to earn the award this year.

The award, which was initiated during the 1992-93 academic year, recognizes collegiate and high school volleyball teams that displayed excellence in at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale or a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale.